World Falun Dafa Day, Worldwide News
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United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Win Award in the Independence Day Parade in Kansas
2007-07-12On July 4th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from Kansas attended the Independence Day Parade in the city of Lenexa. The Falun Gong float attracted many people and the organisers of the parade were amazed by the beauty of Falun Gong. Practitioners were awarded second place in the parade. -
United States: Rally Held in Houston, Texas to Support 23 Million Withdrawals from the CCP
2007-07-11On July 7th, 2007, the Service Center for Quitting the Party in Austin, Dallas and Houston, along with The Epoch Times, held a rally in Houston's Chinatown to support 23 million withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Many Falun Gong practitioners attended the activity. -
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in Independence Day Parade
2007-07-11After the parade concluded, practitioners clarify the facts about the persecution of Falun Dafa. They told many tourists what Falun Gong is, how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecutes the practice, and that more than 23 million Chinese people have publicly denounced the Party. After learning the truth, four Chinese tourists quit the CCP. -
United States: Practitioners Expose CCP's Live Organ Removal in Birmingham, Alabama Rally
2007-07-10On the afternoon of July 1st, 2007, a rally to support the twenty-three million Chinese people quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organisations was held in front of Birmingham City Hall. TV station CBS 42 covered the event and broadcast the story during the evening news. -
Malaysia: Practitioners Voice Support for the Lawsuit Against Jiang and Protest the Hong Kong Deportations
2007-07-10On July 5th, practitioners gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to protest the Hong Kong authorities' unlawful denial of entry to hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners. The protesters also wanted to lend their support to a lawsuit filed in Hong Kong against the chief perpetrators of the persecution of Falun Gong. -
Japan: Practitioners Condemn the Hong Kong Deportations and Support the Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin in Tokyo
2007-07-09On July 1st, Falun Gong practitioners rallied outside the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo to protest Hong Kong's deportations of some 500 Falun Gong practitioners. -
Malaysia: Press Conference Exposes the Reasons Behind the Unlawful Removal of a Falun Gong Billboard
2007-07-09Falun Gong practitioners hosted a press conference to protest the action taken by the City Council to have the "Falun Dafa is Good" billboard taken down. The billboard was taken down by the billboard company before the contract expired as a result of pressure from members of the City Council. -
Joint Statement of Falun Dafa Associations in 22 Countries Delivered to Hong Kong Government
2007-07-08"However, all Falun Gong practitioners know that the order barring them from entering Hong Kong and forcibly deporting them back to Taiwan was not really made by the Hong Kong government. And we do know that it was Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong that masterminded this shameful and despicable plot. In other words, the Hong Kong SAR government was forced to follow the order from Zeng Qinghong." -
Human Resource Leadership Forum (HRLF) Issues a Challenge to Hong Kong and the International Community
2007-07-08"As Chen Yonglin, a former high ranking Chinese Communist Party official involved at the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party spy network abroad, has stated, the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners who reside outside of China includes the collection of information about them and their activities in other countries to prevent any form of (legal or other) protest activities against the government-sponsored torture programmes in China. To this end, the Chinese communist authorities created these black ("no fly") lists with the help of a network of spies who work for them around the globe." -
Peru: Practitioners Protest Hong Kong Deportations in Lima
2007-07-08Practitioners condemned Hong Kong authorities' surrender to CCP pressure at the time of 10th anniversary of the handover. They also support the global "Month of Quitting the CCP" and called upon people to realise the CCP's evil nature, refuse the lies and violence, and quit from CCP and all its affiliated organisations. -
WOIPFG Issues Report on CSSA Acting as CCP Overseas Agent
2007-07-07As some overseas Chinese Student and Scholar Associations (CSSA) conduct anti-Falun Gong activities and help the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to extend the persecution under the direction of Chinese embassies and consulates, the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) released a report on June 28th, 2007. The report exposed how Chinese embassies and consulates extend the CCP's human rights persecution policy overseas and interfere with the internal affairs of other countries through the CSSA. -
Malaysia: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in Health Show
2007-07-07From June 29th to July 1st, the City Council of Klang, Malaysia held a health show to promote healthy life styles. Falun Dafa practitioners participated in the show. They were the only qigong group at the show. -
United States: Rally Held in Chinatown of New York to Support 23 Million Withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party
2007-07-06On July 1st, 2007, several organisations from New York held a rally in Chinatown to support 23 million withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Several Chinese people quit the party at the rally. -
Taiwan: Falun Dafa Association Protests Hong Kong Government's Acquiescence to the CCP to Deport Taiwan Practitioners
2007-07-06Shortly before the 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong's being returned to China, a group of Falun Gong practitioners were refused entry to Hong Kong and deported. It was later revealed that Hong Kong Immigration had received a "Black List" and then told Taiwan airline companies to help keep Falun Gong practitioners from flying to Hong Kong for the July holiday. -
United States: Protesting the Deportation of Taiwanese Falun Gong Practitioners by the Hong Kong Government in San Francisco
2007-07-05Zhen Wenbiao, a practitioner from San Francisco, said, "The Hong Kong government doesn't allow 1000 practitioners, all of whom have legal travel documents, to enter Hong Kong. This shows that the 'one country, two systems' policy is a lie. The CCP is controlling Hong Kong very tightly."